Christ Church Anglican
"Meet the parish clergy"
       
  Rev. Michael Cochran Rev. John Battison  
Rector Priest
       
Rev. Lynn Blackburn Rev. Wale Fafiade
Deacon Deacon
       
Home   Hello and welcome to Christ Church Anglican. I am Fr. Mike Cochran, the Rector of the parish. I was appointed Rector in 1990 after serving as an associate for three years. Christ Church is a parish in the Episcopal Missionary Church and uses the 1928 Book of Common Prayer in its services of worship.

I graduated from Otterbein College and Capital University Law School. I received the Masters of Theology

 
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Rev. Michael Cochran
    degree from the Methodist Theological School of Ohio and I did additional work at the Episcopal Seminary at the University of the South in Tennessee.

My prior work experience includes being a teacher (high school social studies) and a coach. I have been the Executive Director of the Ohio Township Association for twenty three years. On a personal level, I’ve been married for thirty six years and have two adult daughters.

Christ Church was founded in 1977 and has been faithful to the historic catholic faith. Our worship services are traditional following the model of the Christian Church since its beginning two thousand years ago and is biblically based with all our preaching based on the biblical lessons assigned by our lectionary.

Once again, welcome to Christ Church. Please visit us, make yourself known, and enjoy the fellowship.
   

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    Father John Battison is uniquely special to Christ Church. He was born and educated in England and as a member of the Church of England was confirmed by the Bishop of Barking in 1930.

His six and a half years of WW2 service were spent as a fighter and bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force in which he served with distinction. In 1945 he entered the United States and gained national and international acclaim as a communications engineer.  He also spent several years

  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Rev. John Battison
    consulting in many middle eastern countries and eventually retired as Director of Engineering of the OSU Telecommunications Department. He is the author of 15 books in the communications field and is well known as a continuing author.

He has been a lay reader for most of his adult life in places as diverse as New Mexico and Beirut. On moving to Columbus in 1978 he joined Christ Church almost immediately after its conception, and once again became a lay reader. He was ordained as a deacon and later as a priest, and travels the 160 mile round-trip from Loudonville, Ohio, for services. For almost ten years he has held weekly services at the Loudonville Home for physically and mentally handicapped people in addition to being chairman of the advisory board of the Mohican Correctional Facility for youngmen who have substance abuse problems.

He met his wife of 31 years, Dr. Sara, in Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland where they were married. They have four children and four grandchildren; incidentally Dr. Sara is an accomplished glider pilot.
   

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    I was born into a Methodist family where church attendance was mandated by my father and carried out by my mother. I distinguished myself here by attending Sunday school for 11 years without missing a single week. With the changing of years came a changing of pastors at our church and with each change, a change in philosophy that became increasingly difficult to keep up with.

After high school graduation I went away to school in Minneapolis and continued

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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attending church regularly though now sampling several different churches. I did not find any of these substantive and after moving to Detroit to work for Delta Airlines, I stopped looking for a church altogether. Rather than being drafted into the Viet Nam era Army, I chose to enlist in the Air Force. Like everyone else, I attended church regularly in basic training.

Upon my discharge from the Air Force I returned to my hometown of Columbus, Ohio and a disillusionment with religion began to grow inside of me. My wife, Alice, was raised an Episcopalian but became upset with the changes sweeping through that church beginning in 1977. Then she heard about Christ Church Anglican and after she attended services there, she encouraged me to come along. I am very thankful to my wife and Christ Church for being there for me.

Thanks to the friendship and mentoring of our parish priest, Father Mike, I have not only learned more about Christianity than I thought possible but, more importantly, I have learned about; faith, hope and charity – things you cannot learn from books. The time that I spent away from church being ended by my finding Christ Church has inspired to help others who are searching for a church with substance. Because my life has been graced with Father Mike’s presence, Christ Church and the Anglican faith, I cannot just selfishly sit back and enjoy this. I must continue Christ’s work in any way that I can.

My quest to give back for what has been generously given to me led me to a new plateau on August 11th, 2007, when I was ordained into the Sacred Order of Deacons. From here I will continue to search, seeking to spread Christ’s words and teachings.
   

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    The brief profile for Wale Fafiade will begin here.  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Rev. Wale Fafiade
     
   

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